महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-5, verse-3

तत्र वंशमहं पूर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामि भार्गवम् ।
कथयस्व कथामेतां कल्याः स्म श्रवणे तव ॥३॥

3. tatra vaṁśamahaṁ pūrvaṁ śrotumicchāmi bhārgavam ,
kathayasva kathāmetāṁ kalyāḥ sma śravaṇe tava.

3. tatra vanśam aham pūrvam śrotum icchāmi bhārgavam
kathayasva kathām etām kalyāḥ sma śravaṇe tava

3. Among those, I first wish to hear the lineage of Bhṛgu. Please narrate this story; we are eager to listen to you.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - among those (stories and lineages) (there, in that, among those)

• वन्शम् (vanśam) - lineage (lineage, family, race, dynasty)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Śaunaka) (I)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (in sequence of telling) (before, first, previously)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I want (I wish, I desire, I want)

• भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - the Bhārgava (lineage of Bhṛgu) (modifying 'vanśam') (relating to Bhṛgu; descendant of Bhṛgu)

• कथयस्व (kathayasva) - please narrate (narrate, tell, recount)

• कथाम् (kathām) - this story (story, tale, narrative)

• एताम् (etām) - this (story) (this)

• कल्याः (kalyāḥ) - eager, ready (to hear) (ready, able, clever, auspicious)

• स्म (sma) - used to indicate a strong affirmation or a state that has endured (indeed, verily (when used with present tense verb, it indicates past action))

• श्रवणे (śravaṇe) - in listening (to you) (in hearing, for listening, in the ear)

• तव (tava) - your (speech/narration) (your, of you)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - among those (stories and lineages) (there, in that, among those)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the stories and lineages mentioned in the previous verse.

वन्शम् (vanśam) - lineage (lineage, family, race, dynasty)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vanśa

vanśa - lineage, family, race, dynasty

Note: Object of 'śrotum icchāmi'.

अहम् (aham) - I (Śaunaka) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'icchāmi'.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (in sequence of telling) (before, first, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'śrotum icchāmi'.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

(verb)

infinitive

from root śru- with suffix -tum

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Governed by 'icchāmi'.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I want (I wish, I desire, I want)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - the Bhārgava (lineage of Bhṛgu) (modifying 'vanśam') (relating to Bhṛgu; descendant of Bhṛgu)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu, relating to Bhṛgu

Taddhita derivation from Bhṛgu

Note: Agrees with 'vanśam'.

कथयस्व (kathayasva) - please narrate (narrate, tell, recount)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Addressed to Lomaharṣaṇa.

कथाम् (kathām) - this story (story, tale, narrative)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative

Note: Object of 'kathayasva'.

एताम् (etām) - this (story) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

कल्याः (kalyāḥ) - eager, ready (to hear) (ready, able, clever, auspicious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kalya

kalya - healthy, able, ready, clever, auspicious

Note: Agrees with implied 'vayam' (we).

स्म (sma) - used to indicate a strong affirmation or a state that has endured (indeed, verily (when used with present tense verb, it indicates past action))

(indeclinable)

Note: Here with 'kalyāḥ', it suggests a state of being eager that has endured or is strongly affirmed.

श्रवणे (śravaṇe) - in listening (to you) (in hearing, for listening, in the ear)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śravaṇa

śravaṇa - hearing, listening, ear

action noun

from root śru- with suffix -ana

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Indicates the purpose or context of eagerness.

तव (tava) - your (speech/narration) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Governs 'śravaṇe' (listening to you).